Kenny Williamson

Online magic performance Description: The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896).Robert Houdin was a French magician and illusionist. He doesn’t appear in this early experiment, but his name is loaned to one of the first illusions on film provided by Georges Melies. Melies himself said that this was the first film in which he used stop motion – a process in which illusions could be performed by stopping his camera, rearranging the set, and then starting the camera again, to give the illusion that items and people have either appeared or disappeared.In this film, an elegantly dressed woman sits in a chair while the magician drapes her with a shroud. The magician removes the shroud and the woman has disappeared. He makes a few gestures and voila! He returns – a skeleton??? Oh the horror!. So he brings the shroud back into the act, covers the skeleton, and the entire woman and her clothes are recovered. Wherever the woman went, the clothes MUST follow! After all this is literally the Victorian era even though it is France.The magician was played by Georges Melies himself, and the woman was played by Jehanne d’Alcy. D’alcy appeared in numerous Melies films over the years, having left the theater to devote herself to film acting, one of the first actors to do this. The two got married, but oddly not until 1925 when D’Alcy was 60 and Melies was 64. They were married until his death in 1938.Also listed this in the social media magic category, as i guess this would be the first social media magic film.

Online magic performance Description: Robert-Houdin’s Marvelous Orange Tree, performed by Paul Daniels.

Online magic performance Description: Doug Henning on Broadway, the Annie Illusion.Quick, beautiful and amazing!

Online magic performance Description: Doug Henning Things that go Bump in the NightThis 1981 filmed version of the highly successful Broadway play The Magic Show brings magical illusions as well as engaging music to the story of a talented young magician Doug (Doug Henning) using his magic for “good” over the villainous “evil” magic performed by the dastardly Van Zyskind. The music and magic presented here highlight a dazzling display of wizardry by Doug Henning, who triumphs in the end to the delight of all. This is the only version of one of Broadway’s most beloved and longest-running musicals and captures the legendary talent of Doug Henning.HIs acts are really amazing and so joyful.

Online magic performance Description: Lance Burton performing with cards and doves, also the occasional cigarette appearing.I just dont know, absolutely stunning.